Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Astle, Alan 1981
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, May 4, 1981

Alan Astle, 89, of North State Road, Ionia, died Saturday at Ionia County 
Memorial Hospital.  He was born in Middleton, England, Nov. 12, 1891, the son 
of Edward and Harriet Astle.  He moved to Canada and served in the Canadian 
Army in France during World War I.

He married Maggie Louise Ashworth June 17, 1920, and they had made their home 
on North State Road for 54 years.  He was employed by Ypsilanti-Reed Furniture 
Co. and successor companies until his retirement in 1959.  After his 
retirement he worked in the Earl Mason orchard for many years.  He was a 
member of St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Mrs. Astle died Feb. 17, 1975.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frederick 
Kernen of Ionia; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; one sister, 
Mrs. Ettie Waterhouse, of Middleton, England, also survives.

Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. from St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Rev. 
Raymond E. Bierlein of Allegan officiating.  Burial will be in Easton 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends and relatives at Leddick Funeral 
Home Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  A memorial has been established for 
St. John’s Episcopal church, in care of Leddick Funeral Home.



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